Khenal

Peek: The Fall of the Sanctuary From Death

Ah, the tale of a tragedy second only to the Great Collapse.  The Sanctuary From Death was among the first of the sanctuaries after the First, and it was the first to discover how to keep its dwellers from the clutches of the Raven.

It loved its kobolds, and each that died, whether fro...

Chapter Sixty-Six

As far as I can tell, the baby dungeon hasn’t gone nuts.  It tried to attack Rhonda and Freddie, but they’re strong enough to deal with anything it might try to pull.  Leo’s been sending more wolves to keep an eye on it, and as far as they can tell, it hasn’t really changed its ...

Chapter Sixty-Five

I only half pay attention to what the lady tells the kids, though I do at least catch that her name is Telar.  I kinda already know the basics of dungeons just from experience, and from how Elf Guy behaved in those early inspections:  beat up a few things, gather a few things, take a lo...

Nudge Topics!

Actually making a new nudge post this time!  There's still a lot of good stuff in the previous Nudge, but I wanted to make a fresh one and see if there's new ideas, new things you all want to see!  I'll still be looking at the old Nudge, but the new one should help refresh the conversat...

Peek: The First Dungeon

At first, all was still.  The earth, the air, the waters, the mana: all still.  But then, there was a ripple in the mana, and the disturbance caused it to crystalize.  It grew, slowly but surely, until it became aware.  This was the First Dungeon.

It felt around...

Chapter Sixty-Four

It feels kinda weird to watch through Teemo’s eyes while he talks with the ODA lady.  I’ve gotten so used to just knowing what’s going on around me that just having the directed senses of a rat is strange to me now.

“The Boss is pretty sure it’s a dungeon, at least,â...

Chapter Sixty-Three

The public gauntlet is getting close to being finished.  I’ve made it a lot simpler and easier than the one attached to the jail.  Once the trio finally frees themselves, I’ll probably open that one up to everyone, too.  The mana gains are decent, but with the investment I put ...

Peek: Mana Dynamics

One of the first questions any aspiring Dungeoneer asks is: How do dungeons form?  It's not like a mommy dungeon and a daddy dungeon loving each other very much, right?  Of course not.  To understand how they form, though, one must understand at least the basics of mana dynamics. 2022-06-26 21:17:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter Sixty-Two

The terrible trio have finally managed to get past the rocking stones.  The diminishing returns for a trap also reset at dawn… I think.  They reset at some point, at least.  It might be midnight, it might be dawn, it might just be from them not triggering the trap for a ...

Chapter Sixty-One

I think Leo could watch the terrible trio fail at the gauntlet all day.  They’ve actually started getting a couple stones through it, but haven’t managed to clear all of them.  I don’t think it’ll be too long before they get through that first challenge, though.  Probably t...

Peek: Spawners

One of the first things any Dungeoneer or Delver learns about a dungeon is that it has monsters.  While some are more monstrous than others, they are all still classified as such, from little pixies to drakes and wyverns.  The second thing one typically learns about a dungeon is that a ...

Chapter Sixty

Rather than looks of terror or concern, or even excitement, the trio wears looks of confusion as they get their first look at the gauntlet.  Maybe they were expecting swinging blades and gouts of flame?  What they’re getting is a lot of platforms, ropes, netting, and other things that...

Chapter Fifty-Nine

The rest of the night I mostly spend with Teemo, confirming the affinities of my scions.  Unsurprisingly, looks like everyone has Fate affinity, probably because of me.  It makes me wonder if we could actually avoid accidental kills.  I’ve been wondering about when it would happe...

Nudge Topics

There's (I hope) a lot of questions to ask and think about to take a closer look at.  The other topic that was suggested was if all spawners have intelligent options, and if so: what are they?  There are also other questions that might be interesting to talk about and to read about, lik...

Peek at The Guilds

While there are countless guilds in the world, the two that get the most attention are the Dungeoneer's Guild, and the Adventurer's Guild.  Many who aren't interested in joining either of the two even conflate them as the same guild!  They go deal with dungeons, how different can they b...

Chapter Fifty-Eight

We talk a bit more about Fate affinity and how it works, and it seems to me like Luck might be a little more accurate, though that might be splitting hairs.  I always felt like Luck was basically quantum stuff, but if that’s actually how it works, it destroys my working theory on how magic...

Nudge Topics!

Hello everyone.  Thank you again for your support.  If you have things you'd like for me to talk about on the Peeks, please reply and upvote suggestions that sound interesting!  The top won't be guaranteed to be the next topic, but it has very good odds for it!  Peeks will be ...

First Peek: Dungeon Classification

The Dungeoneer's Guild, not to be confused with the Adventurer's Guild, has four classifications they give for dungeon danger.  They are, in descending order of violence: Murderous, Belligerent, Cooperative, and Toy Box.  The dungeons themselves don't have much of a concept of these cla...

Chapter Fifty-Seven

I’ve got my notes as prepared as they can get.  I still don’t know how magic works, which can be a big wrench in my plans.  I have a couple gues- I mean theories on some of it, but I’ll need to talk to my two Residents to get any actual information.  I probably shoul...

Chapter Fifty-Six

Alright, with Leo getting himself settled, I need to get a few things prepared to talk with Yvonne and Aranya.  I mean, I had known there had to be jerks around, I had just hoped to be able to get a bit more prepared first.  Locals are always easier to keep friendly.  Nobody wants ...

Chapter Fifty-Five

I consider Tarl’s suggestion on making the punitive gauntlet secret.  On the one hand, I want to be able to humiliate these delvers for being jerks.  But on the other hand, especially if this works, other dungeons could cause a lot of trouble with this.  Imagining Neverrest havin...